Crataegus pontica

Crataegus pontica
Here given as Crataegus azarolus var. pontica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Crataegus
Species:	C. pontica
Binomial name
Crataegus pontica K.Koch [2]
Synonyms [3]
Crataegus aronia var. pontica(W.D.J.Koch) Zohary & Danin Crataegus azarolus var. pontica(W.D.J.Koch) K.I.Chr. Crataegus pontica f. aurantiacaCinovskis

Crataegus pontica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae . ^{[3] [4]} It is a hawthorn found in Turkey (including East Thrace), the South Caucasus, possibly Palestine and Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Central Asia. It is planted as a windbreak, and its yellow to orange fruit are made into marmalade, or dried and ground to be added as a flavoring to baking flour. ^[5]

References

1. Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006) (2007). "Crataegus pontica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T63523A12686510. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63523A12686510.en . Retrieved 31 May 2024.
2. Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 22: 269 (1853)
3. "Crataegus pontica K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
4. "Crataegus pontica K.Koch". World Flora Online. n.d. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
5. Hanelt, Peter (2001). Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Except Ornamentals. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 496. ISBN   978-3540410171.